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A16813 VVits trenchmour in a conference had betwixt a scholler and an angler. Written by Nich Breton, Gentleman. Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626? 1597 (1597) STC 3713; ESTC S104689 30,274 46

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the spirit of our vnderstanding through the eye of our minde behold the light of that truth that may leade the care of our reason to the content of onr conceite I hope the best and though as a mist may dim the sight of the eye and dissembling the sence of the mind yet for that I will try before I doubt and commaund before I fauour let the patience of your discretion attend the pleasure of my employment and for all courses what soeuer fall out if I doe you good be glad not proud of it and open not your window to the Sunne when she hath power to sende her beames through the glasse and so not entertaining your seruice till I may acquaint you with my best content I pray you walke aside for this time For I sée a Gallant that I must talke with and will soone be rid of The good Knight vnwilliug by any motion of discontent to put out the fire that was now in kindling with humble thanks tooke his leaue and left his Lady to her new Louer who no sooner came neere her but obseruing all fine ceremonies with kissing his hand in putting off his hat with a Passa measure pace comming toward her swéet presence gréetes her with this salutation Faire Ladie the Quintescence of your beauties excellence hath so enflamed the spirit of my affection that except I haue fauour in your eyes my hart will surely consume to ashes and therefore if my seruice may haue acceptation in your contentment I will not be behind with my good will to execute the office of your commaund The Lady with a blushing smile at this wise Gentlemans formality made him this quicke and quipping aunswer Sir if your new coyned eloquence were not too farre out of the way of mine vnderstanding I would fit you an aunswere to your motion but since silence can best talke with woodden Rethoricke I pray you sir if you haue any thing to say to me let me plainely know your meaning Why quoth this Whippet if I should tell you I loue you and you beléeue it not if you beléeue it and yet regard it not if you regard it and yet confesse it not what shall I be the better to speake plainliar then I haue reason Well sir quoth the Lady to this aboundance of little wit if I did like to study vpon such Riddles I should perhaps trouble my selfe to finde out a fit aunswere for the cipher of reason But to tell you plaine your loue I knowe not your selfe I loue not your words I regard not and how you take it I care not But if you haue any thing to say to any other ende I will heare you as I thinke good and aunswere you as I sée cause Why then Madam quoth he to tell you plaine my Lord your Father saw you out of his window walking with Signor Felio and vpon the sodaine willed me to come for you Well sir quoth the Lady nothing dismaide at the message I am ready to attend his pleasure though I wish he had sent a fitter seruant to mine humour But to make as short tale as I may sending word by this odde Gallant that she would forth-with attend his pleasure calling to her a Gentlewoman that shee sawe sitting in an Ar●our somewhat néere vnto her taking her in her attendance away shee goes to her good Father who with a naturall kindnes dissembling his discontent in suspect of the talk had betwixt her and Don Felio with a smiling countenance entertained her with this welcome taking her by the hand and leading her into his Gallery he began in priuat thus to fall in talke with her My best girle whom aboue all the children that I haue I most estéeme in the true ioy of my hart and well woorthy for thy good caridge in all courses as well for thy dutie towards mée as thy reputation in the world I must confesse I neuer had cause to suspect thy discretion in anie cause of dislike but if a Fathers care prooue a kinde of iealousie excuse the error in aboundance of loue and tell me truth to a question that I wil put vnto thee The swéet Ladie not willing to delay her Father with long circumstance with a modest countenaunce not once altering her colour but keeping the care of her wit intreated his commaundement of her dutie who in kinde manner made her this speech I haue béene heere in my Gallary walking most part of this euening and looking out at one of these windowes I espied Don Felio all alone walking a turne or two in the long walke where hée had béene but a while when you found him in his Muses and entertained him or he you I knowe not with what conference The man is one that I loue and will be gladde to preferre to any honour that he deserueth but I pray thee tel mée what was the substance of your talke Truely Father quoth Madam Fianta for so was her name I would gladly tell it you if I might presume vpon her patience and not doubt your displeasure I will acquaint you with asmuch as I can remember The Duke expecting another matter then she deliuered with a dissembled countenaunce of promised content willed her boldlie to say her minde Then good Father quoth the Lady thus it is little thinking to find any creature in that walk whē fingling my selfe from my company I tooke my Booke of Da plisses in my hand and meant to contemplate some diuine contentations béeing néere vnto him ere I was aware and loth either to disgrace him with entreating his absence or vpon the suddaine to withdrawe my selfe from his companie in such good maner as it might well beseeme him he saluted me with this spéech Honourable Ladie I am sorry that it is my ill happe to become a trouble is your contentiue solitarines but howe dooth my good Ladie and your good Father Him quoth I in good health I left not long since and my selfe you sée not troubled with good cōpanie but what shoulde make Don Felio to chuse thys solemne place for his solace Alas Madam quoth the poore Knight I dare speake to your Ladiship who in the pitty of your vertue haue euer béene a good furtherer of all sutes of your Fathers seruants so ill hath béen my hap that after the spending of many yeeres loosing of no little blood and wasting of some part of my little substance nowe there is no vse for mée in his warres to make my aduenture vppon the enemie my yéeres growing to that height that I must before the declining of my best age put my wits to some worke for the better reléefe of my poore carkasse and maintaining of my meane estate hauing had a long sute vnto him which by the crosnesse of my backe friends I am almost now out of hope to enioy I am deuising not far hence néere vnto the Cittie in a large Orchard that I haue belonging to my house to set vp an Ape-baiting which beeing a